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My nephew recently asked me what I had learned from all my years of meditation. I answered him in one word: synchronicity. Synchronicity is the connection, the link between our psychic self: the realm of our mind, emotions and unconsciousness, and the physical world around us.

“Emotion,” to quote Sri Chinmoy, “tells us that the ever-increasing life energy is constantly flowing through us.” We all know the power of emotion. It colors our view of the world and ourselves. When it comes down to my thoughts versus my feelings, I find, emotions prevail 99% of the time. Gratitude, on the scale of emotions, ranks towards

Written by Sujantra
We are thrilled to announce the opening of our new studio in North Park!
After having been at our current North Park location for 6 years we have decided to move to a location that will offer parking, bigger yoga rooms, bike racks and a covered courtyard. The new location is 2.5 blocks north on 30th Street next to Ritual T

Written By: Sujantra
Yoga is many things to many people. For some it is a great workout, for others it is a philosophy for life, for some its meditation, or fashion, and for others, like Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King, it is the basis for social change.

Written By: Rachel Krechnyak
I rub my hands together and breathe into them deeply as if the soft, fleshy cave that they have formed is a slice of freshly baked pie; although this time the smell isn't of warm cinnamon apples or tart aromatic cherries that usually waft out of a tantalizing baked dessert. The enveloping fragrance is of citrus, remi

Written By: Sujantra
“She is the giver of form.” –Prasna Upanishad
The most ancient of Indian yogic texts are contained in the Upanishads. They are made up of stories many centered around the quest for understanding the mysteries of life.
In one of these writings, the Prasna Upanishad, Kapabandi asks his teacher Pippalada how

Written By: Sujantra
In the ancient yogic texts it is written: “Truth alone triumphs.” We are taught as children to tell the truth and never to lie. Being truthful aligns with our sense of what is right and proper and resonates with our conscience.
When we lie we never feel quite right about it. When we speak the truth we feel aligned wit

Written By: Lauren Mahlberg
We use the core to do pretty much everything in our bodies, from sitting up to standing tall, there's a core muscle engaged.
So often we refer to training the core as achieving six-pack abs, but that's only the surface!